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Review
. 1995;24(1):93-5.
doi: 10.1007/BF01052665.

External beam radiotherapy: hard facts and painful realities

N A Vick  1 , N A Paleologos
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Review

External beam radiotherapy: hard facts and painful realities

N A Vick et al. J Neurooncol. 1995.

Abstract

In comparison to whole brain radiotherapy, local field radiotherapy in a consecutive series of 100 patients with malignant astrocytoma resulted in remarkably less toxicity. Survivorship is not different; the advantage is limited to the 7% long term survivors (defined as living 100% or more beyond median) since toxicity from brain radiation does not occur until a year or more after treatment.

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